Bloodvein River, Canada Day 9: Rapid 65 – Rapid 78 (29km) Breaking camp is now a well-oiled process; tents down, kit packed away, breakfast eaten, boats loaded and away we go again! The weather was a bit kinder today, back…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 8: Dancing Fire Rapids – Rapid 65 (10km) by Ian Bell After a night of lying in the tent and watching the lightning storm but not hearing any thunder and no rain, we had a late…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 7: Kautunigan Lake – Dancing Fire Rapids (31km) by Mike Alter Despite what Nikki has said about Day 6, we (Ruth & I) were never in any danger of inspecting the riverbed. Well, that is how…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 6: Rapid 37 – Kautunigan Lake (24km) by Nikki Aldridge After our usual breakfast and de-camp, we had an easy start to the day’s paddling. Before long we reached our first rapid of the day, which…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 5 – Goose Rapids – Rapid 37 (22km) by Graham Rowe Comfortable, dry night at a rocky Peninsula/Island Camp… Pleasant morning and start, but a change in the weather was to come. Ian is in the…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 4 – Stonehouse Rapids – Goose Rapids (27km) by “Martin Aldridge” Well what a rollercoaster of a day. Three great successes, and then a near disaster. So, I’m going to start this report with restating one…

Agenda AGM / Paddler of the Year Awards and club presentations of major trips Monday 28th October 2024 Location – Liverpool Marina – Spinnaker Suite main conference room (Access from the bar) Apologies – 7:30 – 8:00 pm – Catch…

2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy WaterDay 16 Saturday 31st Aug – The Ferry to Uig and home It was time to pack the cars and leave our cottage, Tigh-na-Mara, which had been our home for a week while on Harris.…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 3 – Artery Lake to Stone house Rapids (28km) by Ruth E Today was the first day of multiple rapids, and multiple portages! After breaking camp, off we set for a day covering 28km and rapids…

2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy Water Day 15 Friday 30th Aug – Atlantic sun, sand, and swell by Christine Bond The last paddle of the Outer Hebrides trip…. The wind had been forecast to drop, the sun was forecast to…

Bloodvein River, Canada Day 2: Barclay Lake – Artery Lake (30km) by Ian Bell Having had a very comfy first night out in the wilderness on our island camp. We woke keen to get underway. Having breakfasted and repacked the…

202410 08 Last Monday night open canoe session of the year.

Bloodvein River, Canada Getting there and Day 1 – Barclay Lake by Mike Alter I can’t speak for the rest of the team, but Ruth and I had been putting in the hard miles to prepare for this trip. We…

2024 Outer Hebrides – Fuzzy Water Day 14 Thursday 29th Aug – Loch Siophort by Keith We opted for an early start at 8:00am to try and avoid the stronger winds forecast later that day. We drove over the top…

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Bloodvein River, Canada 12-day White Water River Expedition by Open Canoe  Let’s be honest, this was largely a personal ambition. I mean, you can have all the qualifications out there, but can you really call yourself a serious canoeist if…